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" NEW COMET DISCOVERED IN TAURUS
In the predawn hours of Saturday, August 18th, Vance Avery Petriew
discovered a comet near the bright star Beta Tauri while attending
a star party in Cyprus Hills, Saskatchewan. According to
IAU Circular 7686, which made the announcement earlier today,
Petriew was using 20-inch (0.51-meter) f/5 reflector at 80x. He
described the comet as having a small, round coma but no tail. It
appeared to be about magnitude 11. At the same star party, R. Huziak
and P. Campbell confirmed the find with 10-inch and 12-inch
reflectors, respectively.
Congratulations, Vance!
Early today (August 19th), Alan Hale observed the comet with his 16-inch
reflector in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, and obtained several astrometric
measurements with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Hale's last
position, here rounded, was right ascension 5h 38.1m, +27d 47' (equinox
2000.0) near 11:30 Universal Time on August 19th.
The comet is moving 2 arcminutes per hour toward the east-southeast, but
additional astrometric observations are needed before its orbit can be
determined. Further details are available through the Central Bureau's
subscription service (visit
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ).
Roger W. Sinnott
Sky & Telescope"